Well argued and will make you angry. This book should be mandatory for Business students, if for no other reason than to give them some perspective of a side never taught in business school. I have an MBA and remember clearly the skepticism and derision heaped on the one professor who presented a balanced perspective. This book would stand a chance at giving the other side a fair hearing both because it is well argued and because of the author’s credentials

This is purely political propaganda. Utter garbage. Do not think that you will learn anything from this book. This is merely a collection of all of the left talking points with some embellishment. And of course, you can't have a leftist book without constantly referencing the right and how wrong they are... I'm guessing that just because the right is wrong, that makes the left correct by elimination of something. I picked up this book because i wanted to understand where the left is coming from, but there wasn't a single bit of actual data in this book other than your typical fluff that you hear every day on the news. Don't waste your time, and please don't feed the trolls.

This book on the U.S. descent into the divide between the 1% and the 99% is a good lay introduction to how the U.S. fell into deep wealth inequality. The author, Joseph Stiglitz, is a Nobel Prize-winning economist and served as the Chairman of Economic Advisers under Clinton and as Chief Economist of the World Bank. He understands what he's talking about and so, he can make it clear to lay readers.

Stiglitz provides evidence that Trickle-Down Economics combined with the Libertarian agenda of reducing regulations on corporations has resulted in the highest level of income inequality since the 1920's. We're also suffering from the lowest economic mobility of any developed country--lower than experienced in Europe and Japan. Stiglitz presents the dismal economic and social consequences of our sky-high and growing inequality.

He is short on solutions, but long on explanations. You really understand what is going on economically in the U.S. at this time. The book explains the daily headlines that we see.

For more on why income inequality matters, I highly recommend &quot;The Spirit Level,&quot; also available from Audible. It details out the health and social consequences of inequality that underlie the current political turmoil in the U.S. today.

This is an important subject, but the author sticks to divisive language and mentions facts that aren't revealed in the text. His approach further divides people on the subject rather tan creating understanding. Clearly the author has a goal, and point of view, but not a scientific approach.

Would you ever listen to anything by Joseph E. Stiglitz again?

No.

What three words best describe Paul Boehmer’s performance?

It was OK.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Not really. It was hard to keep going. I had to restart 4 or 5 times. He just kept saying the same thing over again, without supporting his arguments.

Any additional comments?

If you are interested in learning more about social inequality, this book is a waste of time.

Stieglitz is one of my favorite writers/economists. His intentional simplicity often cuts through the seemingly deep economical concepts and explains the world in the most basic way possible without losing sight of the overarching point that he's trying to make. Narration was good too!

I have yet to pass through the 1st chapter and yet, I think is one of the best books to construct history, that will later become inputs to discuss with broader knowledge of one of the most respected professors at Columbia University!

A self-­replicating establishment built on “meritocratic” competition, the debt-driven collapse of 2008 - uncontrollable technological and social change that has produced a two-tier society. PS. Conservative advocates of pure free markets. The author, Nobel laureate, argues, that free and competitive market is highly beneficial to society at large, but that it needs government regulation and oversight to remain functional.